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NEWS RELEASES MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING (ABRIDGED) FEDERATION OF RENTAL-HOUSING PROVIDERS OF ONTARIO ************************* Clarifying rules on above-guideline rent increases April 12, 2010 - To protect tenants, Ontario is clarifyi

Sault Ste. Marie City Council has tonight signed a contract allowing bridges to be built on the Fort Creek Conservation Area as proposed by project architects. Mayor John Rowswell did not sign the document.

OPP NEWS RELEASES ************************* 5:20 p.m. update Ontario Provincial Police report that heavy traffic is being advised to to stop in North Bay after today's fatal crash on Highway 11.

As the support services fleet manager, Const. Steve Miron was on hand this morning to show off the new City Police vehicles.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************* The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service would like to thank the public and the news media for their assistance in helping to locate wanted person 28-year-old Wesley Raymond Hallam of 63 Foothill Road.

Housing starts in Sault Ste. Marie last month were way up over March 2009. Information released today by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows six new single-detached starts in 2010, compared with only one a year ago.

NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* Forest fire situation update - East Fire Region There have been no new fires in the East Fire Region since April 9.

NEWS RELEASE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER ************************* Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces a nuclear co-operation project with the United Sates to further secure inventories of spent highly enriched uranium WASHINGTON, D.C.

NEWS RELEASE CRIME STOPPERS ************************* Firearm thefts and an increase in the prevalence of firearms being used in the commission of crimes in our community and area is a growing concern and a priority for law enforcement officials.

The following is an edited version of a news release issued this afternoon by Ron Schinners, candidate for mayor of Sault Ste. Marie. Some words have been expunged from this release for legal reasons.